The Balenciaga Fall show took place on the 27th floor of a Paris skyscraper that had been designed by artist Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster to Nicolas Ghesquière’s specifications. The result was a neon-lit office with a panoramic view of Paris where the models represented different employees, such as CEOs, interns, and even corporate spies. Ghesquière explains the collection as, “an idea I’ve had for a few years, about corporate clothes, and business-dressing. I wanted to play with it. So I imagined a company, Balenciaga, Inc., and what all the different women would wear to work there.” The collection had a 80s undercurrent, but was decidedly progressive, particularly in the play of proportions that Balenciaga has become iconic for, and the weightless, structured volume in the tops and skirts.